Middle Eastern Antique Miniature Painting on Mother of Pearl: Old Faceted Russian Blue Beads, Krobo Beads, order Naga Glass & Blue Tabular Glass

Beautiful Colorful Middle Eastern Antique Miniature Hand Painted Genre on Mother of Pearl: Old Faceted Russian Blue Beads, Krobo Saucer Beads, Vintage Naga Glass & Blue Tabular Drawn Glass.

The hero in this necklace is the beautiful, skillful, antique fine art painting, which was done with a very fine brush on mother of pearl.

It depicts a genre scene of two women interacting. The two women were painted with such love. They are both wearing colorful long skirts and headdresses. One women is seated with her knee up and the other is bent down a bit, speaking, with her arm extended. There is a pan in-between them. Their faces are beautifully painted. The scene is set in a field with a tree in the background. The women take center stage.

The artist used the traditional technique of building up layers of lacquered pigment. The underlay is thinly applied gold. Then the artist goes to work with a brush made of a single hair for much of the scene.



The under layer of gold pigment gives the painting a special glow that adds to order the luminescence of the pearl base.

The mother of pearl became a desirable base for the masters of the 1800s; this piece fits into that later period of the Isfahan school of miniatures. 

This lovely pendant is approx. 59mm long and 36mm wide.

The painting is set in a silver frame.

I would like to invite you to use the magnifying feature to see the incredible detail in this painting.

On the flank of this pendant are two tiny Krobo imitation “ancient Roman” glass beads, blue with white decoration, and 2 elongated translucent carnelian beads that pick up the color in the painting.

Also gracing this magnificent painting are ta dozen faceted Russian blue glass beads. These old European trade beads were made from rich blue glass, and were faceted by hand.

The jeweler held each bead against the grinding wheel several times. These gorgeous old beads were probably made in Bohemia, and carried by the Russian fur trade to the Pacific Northwest . They were also traded in Africa. Approximate age is late 19th to early 20th century.

They vary in size, and are approx. 4-5mm diameter and 20 - 22mm long.

Other beads are vintage cobalt blue tubular drawn glass beads. They were made in Europe and traded in Africa. Bead size is approx. 2-3mm diameter.

And interspersed are eight colorful Krobo powder glass saucer beads in yellow, orange, green and green with red blue and white decoration. Also Vintage red Naga glass beads and small blue Java trade beads.

Handmade brass clasp.

Length of necklace is approx. 20.5 inches (includes clasp).



Note: For those who aren't familiar with the metric system, 25mm is about 1 inch.